Essential Letters and Sounds

Essential Letters and Sounds Packs

Essential phonics packs closely matched to every class need

Essential Letters and Sounds offers various packs for schools, to help children at every level consolidate their phonics knowledge.

Pack 1: Top-up pack for existing ELS customers

This collection of 148 books has been put together for existing ELS customers who would like more readers to provide further application and consolidation at Phases 3 and 5. This pack offers additional books at Phases 3 and 5 to provide extra consolidation through books that are matched to the week-by-week ELS progression at these phases.

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Pack 2: New ELS Customers pack

This collection of 1218 books has been compiled for new Essential Letters and Sounds customers who would like to start afresh with their decodable phonics books. It provides a full package of decodable readers to support the ELS programme. This pack offers enough books for each child to borrow a take-home reader of the same text used in their paired reading sessions.

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Pack 3: New ELS Customers with some existing decodables

This collection of 918 readers would suit new ELS customers who already have some decodables in their phonics provision but are looking for a clear structure for books supporting the Essential Letters and Sounds programmes. This pack offers enough books for paired reading within the ELS teaching structure. Existing decodables can then be used as take-home readers.

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Also Available:

Blending Books Super Easy Buy Pack

Phonics Readers 1-6 Super Easy Buy Pack

Phonics Readers 1-7 Super Easy Buy Pack


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Top-up pack

Essential Letters and Sounds Top Up Pack

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New Customers

New Customers ELS Pack

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New customers with existing decodables

New ELS customers with some existing decodables

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Blending Books


Essential Blending Books Easy Buy Pack

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Phonic Readers: Levels 1-6

ELS Phonics Readers Super Easy Buy Pack Levels 1-6

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Phonic Readers: Levels 1-7

Essential Letters and Sounds: Essential Phonic Readers: Oxford Reading Levels 1-7